The Mafia's Butterfly (Rewriting)

[18]

Josephina

"No." I shake my head and walk further into the kitchen. No one can hear me though because they're all yelling at each other. Yes, even Alexander.

"I am not trying to become an accomplice in murder!" I shout and slam my hand against the kitchen island. 

All 4 of them stop and stand in mid action. Alexander is holding a kitchen knife and was about to run towards Ezra. Ezra was busy yelling at Felix and was holding him in a head lock. Felix was in the process of picking up Clara and looked like he was about to throw her. Clara was holding some type of food in her one hand and the other hand was fisted in Felix's hair. 

They all look at me and I stand with my hands on my hips and an eyebrow raised. I simply just look at them and wait for them to let go of each other and stand separately. They pout, well except for Alexander, and finally move away from each other with their heads down. 

"Clara, where's this food? Do you need any help?" I ask Clara and walk closer to see what she's holding. She was holding a bowl of salsa and then points to the kitchen island where nachos were sitting in an oven tray. 

"Put the knife away, Alexander." I tell him as I pass him. He nods and puts the knife back where he found it and then stands next to Felix and Ezra.

I look at them and then at Alexander. "You have a gun on you, why use a knife?" I ask and watch as all 3 of their eyes widen in shock. 

"How did you-"

"I saw him tuck it back into his pants when y'all came downstairs. Why did you think I started panicking? That wasn't the main reason though." I answer his question before he is even able to finish it. They all nod in understanding and then we leave that conversation behind. 

"Ezra, please get the cheese from the fridge." Clara asks while moving the nachos on the oven tray to make sure all of them are crispy. 

"Ezra, please get the cheese from the fridge." He mocks and mimics Clara's voice and then mumbles under his breath while getting the cheese.

"What did you say?" She asks and stares holes into the back of his head. Her hands are in fists and I place my own over her hands and she relaxes. 

"We are not fighting again." I announce and look over at Felix to see he already has the same kitchen knife that Alexander was holding in his hand and Alexander is simply standing near the kitchen entrance, ready to run. 

"But I so badly want too." Clara says in a dangerously deep tone. My head whips to her and I stare at her in shock. 

"What the fuck happened?" I ask and stare at all of them, waiting for someone to give me an answer as to what happened when I walked in here. 

"I was making us nachos, by making I mean putting the nachos in the oven, when these idiots walked in." She points at her three brothers and looks at me again.

"Alexander was telling me about the person who died and Ezra was putting the salsa in the bowl. Felix was standing next to the oven and I heard a switch and looked at him. He was standing with a smirk and so I got up and took the nachos out of the oven to see if it even crisped up a bit and only then realized that he had switched the fucking oven off." She tosses a nacho at Felix, it hits him in the face and he scowls at her, running from the other side of the kitchen island towards us. 

Ezra thinks fast and grabs his arm, spins him around and locks him into a head lock again. I jump up and walk towards the two, while walking I pass Alexander who has a hand on his gun. 

"No! Remove your hand and help me in a civilized manner." 

He nods and pouts slightly, removes his hand from his gun and then walks with me towards the two goofballs trying to hurt each other.